MKRUFC Ring of Fire Bike Ride

🚴‍♂️🇫🇷 ROF 2026 – The Last Cycle Event of the Year! 🇫🇷🚴‍♀️

The support team left MK at 4:00am this morning for the epic 800-mile drive to Valras-Plage on the south coast of France. 🇫🇷

They’re heading out ahead of the riders, who arrive on Friday, ready to take on what promises to be the toughest ROF event in our history! 💪🔥

This one is definitely not for the faint-hearted! 😮‍💨

ROF events are tailored to suit all abilities, but this particular challenge is aimed at our more serious and experienced cyclists. With long distances, tough conditions and plenty of climbing, it’s going to be a real test of endurance, determination and teamwork. 🚴‍♂️⛰️

We’ll be keeping you updated throughout the event, so follow along and see how our riders get on! 👀📲

ROF 2026 – Bring on the challenge! 💪🚴‍♂️

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🔥 What an incredible evening! 🔥

A packed house yesterday evening at the MKFM Made in MK event!

Le Tour is a fantastic venue, and the food was absolutely delicious. 🍽️

A huge thank you from all of us on the Ring of Fire Team. We met some incredibly generous people who are supporting our 2026 dream.

Your support means so much to us and brings us one step closer to making the dream a reality.

Thank you! ❤️🔥

🔥 NEXT UP ON THE RING OF FIRE 2026 — LIL ROF! 🔥

In less than two weeks a small party of experienced riders will take on the mighty Pyrenees in southern France. 🚴‍♂️🏔️

Starting on the coast at Valras Plage, this four-day challenge takes us deep into the mountains:

🚴 Day 1: Valras Plage → Limoux
🚴 Day 2: Limoux → Foix
🚴 Day 3: Foix → Perpignan
🚴 Day 4: Perpignan → Valras Plage

This one is definitely not for the faint-hearted! 😈

And for the first time since 2017, we haven’t recced the route… so you can be sure there’ll be plenty of swing, swang, twists, turns and probably a few surprises along the way! 😂

This is the last ROF event before our 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, where we’ll round off another fantastic year of Ring of Fire adventures.

Four days. Big mountains. Big miles.
And one hell of a challenge. 🔥🏔️🚴

Bring your legs… you’re going to need them!

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✨ RING OF FIRE – FUNDRAISING UPDATE ✨
❤️ Thank you for being part of our journey

We are incredibly proud to share our latest fundraising progress and to thank every single supporter who has helped us along the way.

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📊 THIS YEAR SO FAR
£93,000 raised

📊 LAST MONTH
53 new donors joined us
Over £7,000 raised

📊 SINCE 2016
£943,000 raised
7,633 individual donors

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🎯 OUR MILESTONE IS IN SIGHT
We are now closing in on an incredible goal:
£1 MILLION RAISED FOR GOOD CAUSES 🔥

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💛 HOW YOU CAN HELP

If you would like to support a cause we care about, we would love to hear from you.
Please message us to donate or get involved.

🏢 BUSINESSES
Join us on our journey to the £1m milestone:
📩 Keith Hibbert – [email protected]

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💛 Even small contributions make a BIG difference.
Monthly giving helps us change lives all year round.

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🙏 Thank you for being part of this incredible journey.
Together, we are getting closer every day. 🔥

🦢🚴 Final stop of the day… The Swan, MK Village! 🍻

What a finish! We rolled in to an amazing crowd of supporters who gave us a fantastic welcome. We were also lucky enough to arrive during Swanfest, so the atmosphere, music and celebrations made the perfect ending to an incredible day. 🎶🎉

A huge thank you to all the amazing staff at The Swan, and Charmaine and Lukas, for providing two barrels of beer. We paid for the beer, and every penny raised from it is going straight to ROF. 🍺❤️

The biggest thank you, though, goes to everyone who donated throughout the day. Whether it was a few pounds or more, every single donation helps and really does make a huge difference. Your generosity means the world to us.

To everyone who cheered us on, welcomed us into your pubs, donated, rode alongside us, or simply supported us from afar… thank you for making the Swan Swang such a memorable day. Until next time… cheers! 🦢🍻❤️

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🚴‍♂️🦢 Next stop: The Swan at Woughton on the Green!

By this point our legs were definitely feeling every mile, and we were running a little behind schedule, so this one had to be a quick hydration stop. 💧🚴

There was still time for the all-important team photo 📸, but sadly no time for a well-earned pint. We had to leave the fan club behind to represent ROF while we pushed on to the next stop. 🍻

A huge apology to everyone at The Swan that we couldn’t stay longer—you were brilliant hosts, and we’ll definitely be back to put that right! Until next time… 🦢🍺

🚴‍♂️🦢 A quick downhill coast (we’re sticking to that story! 😆) brought us to The Swan in Woburn Sands, where we were greeted by the amazing ROF fan club! 🎉

Even better, we picked up a couple of extra riders to join the Swan Swang convoy. The flock is growing! 🦢🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Of course, all that cycling is thirsty work, so another refreshment stop was absolutely essential… purely for hydration purposes, obviously! 🍺😉

Onwards we go… let’s see where the next Swan takes us!

🦢🍻 The next watering hole on the Swan Swang brought us to The Swan in Cranfield… and what a sight for sore legs! 😅

After battling enough hills to question all our life choices, this was a very well-earned pit stop. Drinks? Yes. Rest? Absolutely. Regretting that last hill? Maybe just a little. 😂

The good news? It’s all downhill from here! (Famous last words… we’ll believe it when we see it! 🚴‍♂️🤣)